-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Ukrainian forces have taken full control of Donetsk airport as they continue to fight pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukraine city , a Ukrainian military spokesman says .

`` The active stage of the counter-terrorist operation continues . The government is now at full control of the airport and the road leading to it , '' Vladislav Seleznev told CNN .

Meantime , two people were killed in fighting in the city , the Donetsk City Council said in an online statement .

The council warned residents not to leave their homes .

`` The bus station is closed . Car movement is limited . A nine-story residential building at the train station area has been damaged . A market outside the train station caught on fire as the result of artillery fire . Still , the train station is working , '' it said .

Donetsk is west of the area where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed Thursday , with the loss of 298 lives . The United States says a Russian-made surface-to-air missile fired from pro-Russian rebel territory took down the Boeing 777 .

Russia has blamed Kiev 's resumption of military operations against the rebels at the end of June for the tragedy , while the U.S. has accused Russia of supporting the rebels that Washington believes fired the missile .

Since the crash , Ukraine 's government and rebels have traded bitter accusations over who was responsible .

The Ukraine government says `` terrorists '' fired on the plane . Ukrainian officials have distributed recordings of what they say are intercepted communications between pro-Russian rebels discussing shooting it down .

Alexander Borodai , the rebel leader who calls himself the Prime Minister of the self-styled Donetsk People 's Republic , has conceded that the plane was shot down but says his forces did not do it . He told CNN on Sunday that his forces lack the firepower to hit an airplane so high up .

The Ukraine crisis has its roots in former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych 's decision to shun a European Union association agreement last year and work with Russia instead . The move unleashed deadly strife that led to Yanukovych 's ouster , Russia 's annexation of Crimea and a pro-Russian rebellion .

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Official : Ukrainian forces continue to fight pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukraine city

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Two people were killed in the fighting Monday , the Donetsk City Council says

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The council warns residents not to leave their homes and says that transport is limited

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Donetsk is west of the area where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed Thursday